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Instead of multiple cheap vps take a nice dedi that way you can have multiple vps
maybe it's time to buy cheap servers? ))))
You must be new here...
No seriously, some things I do with mine:
but that requires lot of knowledge (i guess) and multiple ips.
Then I will have multiple idle vps...
cool! It's just what I had in mind ps:what does the "desktop in the sky" means
Create a VPS with a desktop GUI (Linux or Windows) and remote into it. No matter where you are, that desktop will always be the same. It's not useful in all scenarios but some like it.
x2go?
It's a life saver when you are stuck with ancient hardware but have a usable (>16kb/s) internet connection.
Wrong, if you have multiple vps you have lot of them idle, if you buy a dedi you just create vps when you need
No so much knowledge, using an hypervisor is not so difficoult
VPN's and storage is a great way to make them feel useful
Cheap VPS are very useful in attacking webhosts as well. Buy one, let it idle for a bit and then blame its webhost for apparently horrible performance while spending shit ton of energy asking for a refund on his 1 dollar VPS => LET drama.
for example I use cheap VPS for DNS servers for my hosting, also I have my own jabber server, and also backup, backup, backup, lots of backup
everything you imaging but then less strong
I have a fun game to do when ever I reach too many idling VPSs.
I start monero miner with each of them and see whos the last provider standing.
Idle VPSes are essentially useless.
If you host a website nobody cares about, that equals pretty much useless.
If you host a website people care about, it's pirated and you'll get kicked, that equals useless.
If you try to utilize the cpu for mining or finding legal aliens like SETI@home, you'll get kicked for resource abuse, that equals useless as well.
Hosting your desktop on a vps is like... I don't have words for it.
All the rest fun is considered illegal, therefore useless for that too.
The only two remaining options, but limited for light usage are dns and vpn.
If you have a particular project that you need hosted you can do that too, but that's purposeful buying and not an idle vps.
The best thing to do with an idle VPS is to cancel it before the next renewal date, You can do something else with your money and not pay for almost nothing. Also make a mental note - to not do the same mistake again.
stop being so reasonable...
@Janevski Heathen!
I care about my website, my idle vps, and im triggered
Got ya!
For a moment there I thought you are actually serious! Until your last sentence.
Well VPS can do a lot of things, like hosting your website or game server. But majority of LET likes to idle them.
IDLE POWER!!!
If you set them up properly, you can often get better redundancy and services split across several cheaper-than-renting-bare-hardware. Of course, this means you need to rent from either a large, or knowledgeable service.
I have my DNS split across a couple VPS geolocated in different spots of the world, along with backup MX, and decided upon a cheap VPS for the majority of my web services. By doing this, my expenses are roughly 10% of what I was paying mid-year.
If you enjoy collecting low end VPS, make sure IonSwitch is on your list.
how can you use vps for DNS...currently i am using DO mostly
actually configuring bind by hand is not so difficult and then make it authoritative by each other, you can also install ready-made solutions like cpanel DNSOnly or DirectSlave if you using appropriate control panel on main server.
Most of my cheap annuals are VPN's, I tend to have each of my VPNs chained through others (for fun, not tin foil hat reasons).
One of them is a status monitor for the rest and the Dedi & cPanel KVM I have.
For fucks' sake. It's 2017. Stop suggesting bind. We have options now.
Can you make some suggestions?